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having trouble with electrical, outlet has enough charge to shock when i touch it but not enough to power a light bulb, I tried the light bulb in other sockets and it is fine. it is a gfci outlet at the end of the run.
i get shocked but there is not enough umph to light a light bulb.
can someone go over basic sparky trouble shooting techniques with me.
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>breaker off follow the line.
line goes behind some tile and is in the crawl space in the attic.
>are there any nicks in the line
possible at wire harness, house is wood construction will check rubbing against light housing possible damage there
>is the whole circuit dead or just an outlet
two outlets are dead on separate circuits one install as part f a remodel one part of the original construction, mixing aluminum and copper wiring
>did you wire two circuits together on the same bar
doubt, i would be incredible lucky to not have blown my face off with 240 had it been different bars.
>is the line long enough to create a small capacitor and that charge is just elevation change
this is not a skyscraper, this is residential with the line running less than 100ft
>have you found all the outlets that are dead
i will start looking
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>two outlets are dead on separate circuits
two outlets on same circuit, remodel sparky reused old aluminum line.

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